The Department of Internal Medicine at the University Hospital Tubingen, consisting of 8 sections, is one of few comprehensive German centers, which provide various services in the field of internal medicine at the university level. The medical director of the Department is Prof. Dr. Nisar Malek. The specialists of the Department under the direction ofProf. Dr. Nisar Malek are very professional due to a long experience. At their disposal they have state-of-the-art medical equipment and advanced treatment methods.

Section I of the Department of Internal Medicine at the University Hospital Tubingen deals with diagnosis and treatment of diseases in the field of gastroenterology, hepatology, transplantation, infectology. The patients with the diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, liver and pancreas are treated here on both inpatient and outpatient basis.

Section II of the Department of Internal Medicine represents such fields as oncology, hematology and pneumology.

The main treatment focuses of the Section III include diagnosis and treatment of heart diseases, circulatory disorders in the coronary arteries, cardiac arrhythmias, interventional valve replacement, acute treatment of myocardial infarction and arrhythmias as well as non-invasive imaging diagnosis of heart disease. The Section III is recommended by the FOCUS List of Specialized Clinics for Cardiology 2016.

The main treatment focuses of theSection IV of the Department of Internal Medicine include endocrinology, diabetes, nephrology and angiology. The Section IV is recommended by the FOCUS List of Specialized Clinics for Diabetes 2016.

The Section Vdeals with sports medicine. In addition to the main fields of internal medicine and orthopedics, the Section also includes testing of sports opportunities, biomechanics as well as training and physiotherapy. Therefore, there is provided a wide range of medical services for patients, professional sportsmen and amateurs.

The Section VIspecializes in diagnosis and treatment of psychosomatic and somaticpsychologic disorders including medical and psychologic diagnosis, indications for outpatient, inpatient or partially inpatient treatment.

The Section VII of the Department of Internal Medicine is an Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM), which focuses on infectious diseases, tropical diseases and human parasites. It is also a Comprehensice Center for Tropical Medicine in Baden- Württemberg. At the University Hospital Tubingen the patients have at their disposal an outpatient clinic for tropical medicine and an outpatient clinic at the Department of Internal Medicine.

The Section VIII of the Department of Internal Medicine specializes in oncobiology.